Dr.
David Mossberg D34 writes, On Jan. 25,
I met for lunch in Boca Raton, Fla., with two other classmates from
the Dental School, Dr. Clem Alpert C32 D34 and Dr. Sig Lichterman
C33 D34; our wives were of course with us.

John J.
Newberry Jr. W37 writes, My wife and I celebrated our 60th wedding
anniversary on Oct. 5; we had a great party with 75 guests. This meant
a great deal to Bettie, and although her health has been deteriorating
for several years, the anticipation put her on a high plane. She got
dolled up at the hairdressers and with a beautiful new dress was relaxed
and alert, and had a great day. Three days later she went by ambulance
to the hospital for the seventh visit last year; unfortunately she lived
in the hospital for two weeks and passed away on Oct. 24. I miss her
very much.

1940s

David
C. Melnicoff C41 G50 received the 2001
Acres of Diamond Award from the Temple University Hospital Auxiliary.
He was chair of the hospitals governing board during the development
of new facilities and a trustee of Temple University.

Dr. Leonard
Apt C42, emeritus professor of ophthalmology and emeritus head
of pediatric ophthalmology at UCLAs Jules Stein Eye Institute, received
a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Pediatrics
in January. At UCLA he established the first full-time division in pediatric
ophthalmology at a medical school in the country and helped found the
Jules Stein Eye Institute. During his nearly 40 years of practice on
the campus, he has provided eye care for thousands of children in West
Los Angeles, neighboring communities, and around the world. One of his
contributions to pediatric ophthalmology was the development of the
now widely used Apt test, which differentiates fetal from adult hemoglobin
as the source of bleeding in newborns. The academy also recognized Dr.
Apts work in co-developing an inexpensive eye-drop antiseptic that
has dramatically reduced eye infections and blindness in children in
developing countries.

Leonard
S. Rosen C42 writes, I completed 50 years in the life-insurance
business on May 25. I was president of my Class for the five years leading
to our 50th Reunion, and president of the College Alumni Society from
1970 to 1973.

Dr. Marvin
H. Terry Grody C43 M46 in March received the Distinguished Surgeon
Award from the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. This complements a similar
honor tendered to him two years ago at the International Vaginal Surgery
Conference. In August last year he appeared on NBCs Today show,
speaking on gynecologic corrective operations that lead to improved
quality of life.

Dr. Aaron
M. Litwak D45 was chair of the 84th Pink Ball in March, an annual
fundraiser for the Childrens Home of Easton, Pa. He has long served
as the dentist for the children there. The Junior Boys Cottage is named
in recognition of his and his wife Sarahs work.

Dr. G.
Denman Hammond M48 GM52, Pasadena, Calif., was named Cancer Fighter
of the Year by the Beckstrand Cancer Foundation in Long Beach last October
for his national leadership in the research and treatment of childhood
oncology. He was founding director of the University of Southern Californias
Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the nations first, and an associate
vice president for health affairs at USC. He also served as a vice president
of the American Cancer Society, senior consultant to the National Cancer
Institute, and on the National Cancer Advisory Board.

Dr. John
J. Patton C48 G49 recently completed his 35th year as a book reviewer
for Choice, a monthly library journal; he has reviewed almost
200 books by or about 20th-century American authors. He was recently
named to the committee for the Good Neighbor Golf Classic, which benefits
the Disabilities Resource Center of Southern New Jersey.

Rev. Robert
W. Wood W48, Concord, N.H., writes that he retired in 1986 after
35 continuous years as a parish pastorduring which he gave 1,610 sermons.
He is also a certified VA chaplain. He began speaking and writing for
gay causesunder his own nameshortly after his ordination in 1951.
His award-winning book, Christ and the Homosexual (1960), began
the dialogue between organized religion and the homosexual. Robert
enjoyed a one-gender marriage for almost 26 years with the American
abstract artist, Hugh M. Coulter, who died in 1989. A resource person
for United Church of Christ churches in the process of becoming Open
and Affirming, he has also spoken at Holocaust memorial services for
the Pink Triangle men who died in the Nazi death camps. Hailed in the
gay press as a pioneer for gay rights in America, he is the subject
of a forthcoming biography.

Dr. Matthew
J. Colucci Mu49 C52 Gr57, Broomall, Pa., has retired from teaching
music theory at Temple University. He had earlier taught at the Curtis
Institute of Music and the old New School of Music, where he later served
as dean, till its merger with Temple in 1986. Earlier, he had taught
at Penn from 1950 to 1961.

1950s

John
S. Dowlin C51, president of the Board
of Commissioners of Hamilton County (Cincinnati), was re-elected to
his third term on the board. In 1990 he retired from P&G after 38
years. He has just completed 42 years of elected public service, including
31 years of service for the City of Sharonville, Ohio.

Carol
Helitzer Shedlin CW51, New York, performed a new solo cabaret act
of swing and vintage music at Judys in Chelsea for four nights in
April and May.

Norton
Juster Ar53 was at Los Angeless Storyopolis gallery in February
for a book-signing: a new edition of his The Dot & The Line:
A Romance in Lower Mathematics; first published in 1963 and in print
almost continuously ever since, with a 1965 Academy Award-winning short
film based on it. He is better known for The Phantom Tollbooth
(1961); MGM released a film version in the 1960s and another is soon
to be made by Warner Bros.

Dr. Eugene
N. Myers W54 is professor and chair of otolaryngology at the University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Last October he received an honorary
fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and he was
inducted an honorary member of the Hungarian Oto-Rhino-Laryngological
Society during its 36th national congress.

Dr. Osborne
W. Lacy Gr55, emeritus director of counseling and career services
at Franklin & Marshall College, was elected to the board of the
Citizens Scholarship Foundation of Lancaster County, which awards interest-free
loans to students who plan to attend a post-secondary institution.

Maj. Gen.
Felix A. Santoni W55 writes, It has been well over one year since
on Dec. 31, 1999, I ceased working for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company,
an agency of the Government of Puerto Rico, where I was the executive
assistant to the executive director. I am officially retired from a
civilian occupation and from the army, having served 40 years in the
U.S. Army Reserve, retiring as deputy commander-in-chief for the U.S.
Southern Command at Quarry Heights, Panama. I continue to serve on the
board of the Angel Ramos Foundation, as chair of the programs committee;
it is the largest private foundation in Puerto Rico. I also serve on
the board of advisers of the Association of the U.S. Army and as vice
president-at-large for its third region. And I serve as chair of the
Retiree Council of Fort Buchanan, the home of the United States Army
South, in San Juan.

Hon. Charles
H. Loughran C57, Greensburg, Pa., president of the Court of Common
Pleas for Westmoreland County, will begin winding down his career on
the bench and plans to retire in November or April next yearthe anniversary
of his appointment as president judge. He was quoted in an interview
for a local newspaper that he decided there is life outside of the courtroom,
and he wants to have a little more of it. I like to travel; Im planning
a trip to Vienna. Id also like to get back to painting in oils and
working with clay Ive really enjoyed being a judge, but Im going
to be 67 in November and I think its a good time. Ive really enjoyed
this job; Ive been given the chance to sit down and study the law.
I love that. First taking office in January 1978, he was retained by
voters in 1997 for a third 10-year term, and elected by his fellow judges
to a five-year term as president judge in April 1998; the mandatory
retirement age for judges in Pennsylvania is 70.

Dr. Frederic
Melnick C58 D61 is a dentist in New Hempstead, N.Y., and the father
of two Penn graduates, Dr. David Melnick EAS88, a fourth-year
surgical resident at the University of Michigan Hospital, and Steven
Melnick C91, vice president of media relations for 20th Century
Fox Television in Los Angelesand grandfather of Noah, the cutest little
kid in Ann Arbor. Fred and his wife, Bobbi, will soon be celebrating
their 40th anniversary. He is also president and CEO of Paris Dreams
Ltd., the parent company of (www.anamericaninparis.com)
a Web site providing information to visitors to Paris and other parts
of France. Feel free to contact him at <FMinParls@aol.com>
or through the Web site.

Dr. Richard
P. Dakin D59 writes, I had been an associate in the crown and
bridge department of the School of Dental Medicine from 1963 to 1974.
The student body was predominantly white and male and from the Northeast.
We saw the students as very competitive and less interested in others
than creating a future for themselves. Today I am back in the restorative
department at the School after 40 years of private practice. I always
have loved the University for the career they provided for me and my
children, both graduates. I now see a new student body, a reflection
of integration of all creeds, colors, nationalities, sexes, religions
and spirits. I am so impressed by the mixture of these young people,
and their feeling of good will toward each other. They are still competitive,
but with a feeling of concern and friendliness with their classmates,
and even their teachers. These young students give me so much hope for
the future of humanity, that people can achieve and still be a force
of good will. Could this be a small start of a contagion of human concern?

Dr. Lawrence
Erlich C59 joined Winter Haven Hospital in Florida as an adult
psychiatrist. His A Textbook of Forensic Addictions Psychiatry and
Medicine was published by Charles Thomas in April.

HÈloÔse
(Ginger) Bertman Levit CW59 continues to travel frequently to France
to buy fine French paintings by listed European artists; her private
gallery is now sub-titled paintings with provenance. She has resumed
writing about art, covering museum exhibitions worldwide for a number
of publications. A regular writer for Mid-Atlantic Antiques Monthly,
her latest piece is on the Paris MarchÈ aux Puces (flea market). Ginger
conducted the Richmond Symphony on Dec. 2 and 3, having won the exhilarating
opportunity at a Richmond Symphony Orchestra League auction.

Shaun
F. OMalley W59, chair emeritus of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
became a term trustee of the University in January; he already serves
on the Wharton Schools board of overseers and on the executive committee
of the trustee board of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Last August he was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame at the
Ohio State University and in December received the John J. McCloy Award
for Outstanding Contributions to Audit Excellence by the accounting
professions Public Oversight Board.

Dr. Douglas
L. Wilson G59 Gr64, head of the Lincoln studies program at Knox
College, appeared in and was an adviser for the PBS mini-series Abraham
and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, that aired in February.

1960s

Eleanor
Civatella GEd60, a retired reading specialist,
gave the opening lecture at Rosemont College, near Philadelphia, to
launch its Spring 2001 Forum program of continuing education for men
and women 55 years and older. An active member of the forums curriculum
committee, she spoke on A History of Piracy.

Paul Liberman
W60, Fayetteville, N.Y., was appointed vice president of sales
for key national accounts for Bush Industries in Jamestown, which manufactures
consumer-assembled home and office furniture.

David
A. Seidenfeld W60 writes that Bullishly Speaking, a book
he edited and published in 1997, has received some very favorable comment
and recognition in the 2002 edition of John Slatters 100 Best Stocks
You Can Buy.

Wendy
Powell GLA61 and Geoffrey Collens GLA62 are the joint editors
of a monograph on the British landscape architect, Dame Sylvia Crowe,
which was published last year by the Landscape Design Trust.

Rep. Lita
Indzel Cohen CW62 L65 was appointed to the Pennsylvania House
majority-policy committee for the 2001-02 legislative session, and re-appointed
to the appropriations, judiciary (where she will chair the subcommittee
on crime and corrections) and urban-affairs committees. She was also
named to the newly formed committee on children and youth and will co-chair
the majority leaders task force on child care, while continuing as
chair of the domestic-relations task force which is expected to revise
the states domestic-relations court system to be more family-friendly.

Dr. Howard
Pitkow C62 G63, professor of physiology at Temple University School
of Medicine, was installed as president of the National Association
of Academies of Science in February. The NAAS consists of 44 state academies
of scientists, representing 75,000 scientists.

Richard
A. Kaplan W63 is a co-managing partner of the newly merged accounting
firm of Yarlas, Kaplan, Santilli & Moran, Ltd., in Providence, R.I.
An expert witness in state and federal courts, he also serves as a court-appointed
mediator.

Karen
Stein Kissileff CW63 <karenki@earthlink.net>
e-mails that she and her husband, Dr. Harry R. Kissileff C62 Gr66
and Julia Reisman Kissileff Ed36 announce the birth of Yael
Daniella Perlman to Dr. Beth Kissileff Perlman G93 Gr98 and
her husband, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman. Yael is the sister of Tova Yonina
Perlman, and the family lives in Springfield, Mass. Beth is a visiting
assistant professor of religion at Mt. Holyoke College.

Idaherma
Williams GFA63 had woodblock prints in exhibitions at the Sacred
Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., the Ellarslie Open XIX, at the
Museum of the City of Trenton, and in a national juried exhibition at
Wenatchee, Wash. Pieces are also in Eyes on Trenton, at the New Jersey
State Museum till May 20, and in The Art of Healing, a national juried
exhibition which travels to hospitals and art centers across the country
until October. Her works can also be seen on the Web site (www.Idaherma.com).

Dr. Robert
N. Clark M64 retired in January after serving for 22 years as head
of orthopedics at Childrens Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. When not traveling
with his wife, Carol Ann, he plans to donate his services to children
with back injuries caught in natural disasters in other countries and
will also continue some teaching at Ohio State University.

Peter
Rutkoff G65 Gr71 in January was named professor of American studies
at Kenyon College and director of its American-studies program, which
he helped establish in the late 1980s. He recently co-wrote New York
Modern: The Arts and the City (1999), and his first novel, Shadow
Ball, was published in the spring.

Skip Dahlgren
C66 e-mails, The archaeological site of Matara, a major Eritrean
cultural treasure near the border with Ethiopia, was reportedly severely
damaged or destroyed during the recent warfare between the two countries.
I am developing a Web site which provides glimpses of Matara as it appeared
30 years ago, when I participated in two seasons of excavation there
(hometown.aol.com/atobrukh/archaeology/ matara/matara.html). All are
encouraged to visit the Web site, and I look forward to feedback, as
well as any contact from classmates <harbard@aol.com>.

Walter
Grossman C66 is chair of Brookehill Capital Partners, Ltd., the
private investment firm in Westport, Conn., he founded in 1978. He was
elected in February to the board of Datatec Systems, Inc.; based in
Fairfield, N.J., it specializes in the rapid, large scale market absorption
of networking technologies. He also serves on the board of overseers
for Penns School of Arts and Sciences.

Ronald
C. Rosen W66 has been an adviser since 1980 for a seminar at the
Sorbonne on the American economy, particularly on recent developments
in agriculture, the automobile industry and cross-border mergers.

Biff Ruttenberg
C66 is president of Atlas Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based consultancy
that provides real-estate evaluation and disposition services for troubled
companies (www.atlaspartners.com).
In February he was cited a Certified Turnaround Professional by the
Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals, the industrys professional
association.

Thomas
R. Bond CGS67, Philadelphia, was elected a shareholder of the regional
defense-litigation law firm of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman &
Goggin; he was also appointed to the new position of director of client
relations and development.

Dr. John
P. Charde M67 was promoted in March to chief medical officer at
PHS Health Plans, of Shelton, Conn. He had served as vice president
and senior medical director responsible for the companys operations
in Connecticut, New York state and New Jersey.

Bill Lohmeyer
W67 WG73 in January was appointed president and chief executive
officer of Builders Insurance, which provides coverage for members of
the Home Builders Association of Georgia and is the states largest
writer of workers compensation (www.builderins.com).
Previously he was senior vice president and chief financial officer
with the Meadowbrook Insurance Group, an insurance and risk-management
company.

Kathryn
Kruper Plant Nu67 in January was named deputy director of the division
of medical assistance and health services of the New Jersey Department
of Human Services. She had been the departments chief of operations
for the past two years, and recently oversaw implementation of NJ FamilyCare,
which provides health insurance for more than 130,000 working adults
and their children whose family incomes are too high to qualify for
Medicaid but not enough for them to be able to afford private health
insurance.

Barbara
M. Richards G67 in February was appointed president of the Coast
Guard Foundation in Stonington, Conn. She had been associate director
of corporate and foundation relations at the University of Connecticut
Foundation.

Stuart
Tobin C67 wishes to announce that he is not CEO, chair or president
of any corporate giant, nor is he a captain or any other officer of
industry, nor is he listed as the Best of Anything either nationally
or locally, but that life is good in the no-passing lane in Richmond,
Ky.

Dr. John
D. Crowley GEE68 Gr72 was recently appointed chief information
officer of Broadview Networks, a New York-based provider of electronically
integrated communications for small businesses and communications-intensive
residential customers in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Previously
he was vice president and chief technical officer of Open Support Systems,
a Broadview Networks subsidiary.

Tad Decker
C68 was named chair of the administrative-leaders committee (equivalent
to managing partner) of the Philadelphia-based law firm of Cozen &
OConnor; he joined the firm in April last year, having been executive
vice president and general counsel for Asbury Automotive Group in Berwyn.

Dr. Rita
D. Jacobs G68 Gr74 e-mails To let my classmates know that my
new book, The Way In: Journal Writing for Self-Discovery, is
being published in April by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, a division
of Harry N. Abrams Publishers in New York. Its appearing as an individual
book and also packaged in a slip case with a matching blank journal.
Ive been living in New York and teaching in the English department
at Montclair State University in New Jersey since I left Penn, with
a variety of leaves for Rockefeller Foundation and American Council
on Education grants. Ive published scores of magazine articles and
several books, including Tommy, The Musical with Pete Townshend
of The Who. In the past 12 years, Ive been teaching journal writing
around the country. This new book is based on those experiences.

1970s

Dr.
John H. Davis GrE70, CEO of BeachHead
Technologies, LLC, has joined the advisory board of Sylantro Systems
Corp., a software company that supplies applications-enabled softswitch
for delivery of high-value voice services. A 38-year veteran and pioneer
in the telecommunications industry, he served most recently as CTO of
Allied Riser Communications, a broadband IP-based services provider
to businesses in commercial buildings.

Alan M.
Jacobs W70 e-mails, My wife, Iris, who saw me through my undergraduate
days at Penn, and I are proud to announce the May graduation of our
daughter, Alison, from the Wharton School and the early-admission acceptance
of our daughter, Courtney, to the College, Class of 2005. After more
than 30 years with Ernst & Young, specializing in business turnaround
and insolvency, corporate restructuring and reorganization, corporate
finance and dispute resolution, he withdrew from the partnership and
founded AMJ Advisors LLC., which provides financial, restructuring and
bankruptcy services in the troubled credit market; currently he is co-chair
and co-chief executive officer of West Coast Entertainment, adviser
to the tort claimants of Dow Corning, director of Singer, Inc., and
designated director of Criimi Mae upon the effective date of its plan
of reorganization. Ive thoroughly enjoyed the transition to my new
firm, probably working more than ever, but enjoying it immensely.

Christopher
Norall L70 joined the Brussels office of Morrison & Foerster
LLP in January as a partner. He was previously with the New York firm
White & Case, based in Belgium for several years.

Stormy
Byorum WG71 is cofounder and managing partner of Violy, Byorum
& Partners, a strategic advisory and investment banking firm in
New York that focuses on Latin America. In February she was appointed
to the board of AEterna Laboratories, Inc., of Quebec.

Gary F.
Roth C71, assistant vice president of legal and business affairs
for the performing-rights department of Broadcast Music Inc. in New
York, was named in January chair of the New York State Bar Associations
corporate-counsel section. He also serves on the Bars special committee
on cyberspace law and on the executive committee of the entertainment,
arts and sports law section.

Lee C.
Stewart C71 was appointed in April as executive vice president
and chief financial officer of Foamex International Inc., the producer,
based in Linwood, Pa., of cushioning for bedding, furniture, carpets
and motor vehicles. Previously he was a vice president with Union Carbide
Corp.

Anthony
N. Calhoun WG72 was appointed treasurer of the District of Columbia
in January. Previously he was deputy executive director and chief financial
officer of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Steve
Fadem W72 and his wife, Laurie Baskin, proudly welcome the arrival
of their first child, Rachel Joy Fadem, on March 3. Her proud grandfather
is Leroy Fadem W41. She looks forward to being a member of the
Class of 2023.

Dr. Michael
Guthrie M72 GM76 was named in March to the new post of senior
vice president for physician relations at Premier, Inc., a national
alliance of more than 200 hospitals and health systems, based in San
Diego, Calif. Since 1997 he led development activities for Premier Practice
Management, Inc., the Premier company which provides services and support
for physician practices and local healthcare networks.

Hon. Gary
E. Jackson W72 was appointed a judge on the City Court of Atlanta
in December.

David
R Laube WG72, former vice president and chief information officer
of US WEST, was appointed in February to the board of Carrier Access,
a provider of broadband access and service-creation equipment, of Boulder,
Colo.

Dr. Kathryn
Daub Britney Gr73 in March joined LJH Global Investments LLC, of
Naples, Fla., as vice president of marketing and client service.

Charles
E. Dorkey III L73 is managing partner of the New York office, head
of the New York litigation practice and a member of the executive committee
of the international law firm Torys. In March he was appointed to the
advisory council for the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City
of New York.

Dr. Larry
Greller GEE73 Gr77 in March was appointed director of mathematical
modeling at Molecular Mining Corporation in Kingston, Ont. The company
specializes in constructing models of molecular networks for diagnostic
and drug-target identification, predictive toxicology and in-silico
drug screening. Previously he was assistant director of bioinformatics
mathematical biology at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals R&D in
King of Prussia, Pa.

Dr. Howard
Reinstein C73 <Hreinste@ucla.edu>
is the current president of the Los Angeles Pediatric Society and remains
the public-relations coordinator of the Los Angeles-area chapter of
the American Academy of Pediatrics. My wife, Ellen, directs the Child
and Family Study Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. I have one daughter
in high school and one daughter at Stanford. I continue to enjoy my
private pediatric practice and the Southern California lifestyle.

Nancy
Straus Sundheim CW73 was recently appointed senior vice president
and general counsel of Unisys Corp., based in Blue Bell, Pa. Previously
she was a corporate vice president, deputy general counsel and corporate
secretary.

James
H. Brothers IV C74 e-mails It has been a fairly busy year. Our
oldest daughter, Nancy, is a freshman at Wellesley College. Unlike Hillary,
she is there on an Air Force scholarship; so far she really enjoys both
Wellesley and AFROTC and thinks that the Boston area is wonderful. Our
next oldest, Meredith, is a sophomore at the Governors School For Languages
and International Studies. Elizabeth is in sixth grade in the center-based
gifted program at Manchester Middle School. James V (Sandy) has just
started kindergarten at Robious Elementary School. I have delivered
a number of papers dealing with different aspects of the early iron
industry of Virginia at conferences across the United States (Pioneer
America Society, Archeological Society of Virginia, and Society for
Historical Archaeology) and co-authored a paper delivered at the International
Conference on Nuclear Microprobe Technology and Applications in Bordeaux,
France. I also co-presented a paper at the Society for Industrial Archaeology
in Washington and another at the PIXE (proton induced X-ray emission)
Conference in Canada, both in May. In addition, I have been involved
in a number of archaeological projects, including work on Ft. Trenholm,
the largest Civil War earthwork in the defensive perimeter of Charleston,
and serving as an archaeological adviser to the Falling Creek Ironworks
Foundation: Falling Creek was the first North American ironworks (1619-22).
I am also on the board of the Archaeological Society of Virginia.

Patricia
A. Butenis CW74 writes, I was recently promoted into the Senior
Foreign Service of the State Department. After three years as consul
general in the American Embassy in Warsaw, I transfer this summer to
a two-year assignment as consul general in Bogota.

Dr. Charles
Lieberman Gr74 is investment strategist and chief economist for
Advisors Financial Center, the portfolio manager and financial-services
provider that is based in Suffern, N.Y. Co-founder of Strategic Investors
Management L.L.C., the macro hedge fund, he has appeared on CNBC, CNNfn,
The Nightly Business Report, Reuters Financial Television and
the major networks. He is frequently quoted in Bloomberg, Reuters, The
Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Barrons.

Sylvia
Miller Rhone W74 is chair and CEO of the Elektra Entertainment
Group in New York. She has been directly involved in the launch of several
artists, including Yolanda Adams and Tamia, and before EEG, was instrumental
in the continuing success of platinum-plus artists such as Gerald Levert
and Natalie Cole. In 1990 she became the first black woman to head a
major record company when named as CEO and president of Atlantics new
EastWest Records America division.

Steve
Rossi WG74 was named president of the San Jose, Calif.-based newspaper
division of Knight Ridder, having served as senior vice president of
operations for the company since 1998. He lives in Saratoga with his
wife, Rosemary, and four children.

Dr. C.
Thomas North SAMP75 will receive a Ph.D. in health studies from
Temple University this month. He e-mails he had the privilege of graduating
with my son, Travis, who received his B.S. in landscape architecture.

Dr. Louis
E Rossman D75 GD77, a specialist in endodontics in Philadelphia,
has been appointed general chair for the 2002 annual session of the
American Association of Endodontists. In January he returned from St.
Barts where he had been invited to present a course, Contemporary Endodontics.
He and his wife, Val, have two children Alexis (17) and Benjamin (11);
they live in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

Jack Rubin
WG75 is president and chief executive officer of SeatAdvisor Inc.,
a San Diego-based online ticketing company that offers interactive seat
maps for 400 venues across the country. Previously he was chief financial
and strategic officer of Hotel Reservation Network Inc. of Dallas.

Rabbi
Rifat Sonsino Gr75, Needham, Mass., e-mails that his most recent
book, Six Jewish Spiritual Paths, was published by Jewish Lights
in December.

Dr. Jeannette
South-Paul MT75, was promoted to full professor in the Department
of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, in Bethesda, Md.; she has served as department chair since
August 1995. A colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, she is retiring
from the military in June to become chair of family medicine at the
University of Pittsburgh.

George
Fowler WG76 in March joined Cleveland-based National City Corp.
as a senior vice president and manager of its international markets
and financial institutions. Previously he was manager, of the Americas
area, for Bank One.

Lyria
Howland C76 is president and owner of Howland PR, a public relations
firm in Dallas, Tex., that specializes in diversity communications and
marketing. She serves on the boards of the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce
and the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Michael
Odlum WG76 is president and COO of Allied Investment Advisors,
an institutional investment advisory subsidiary of Baltimore-based Allfirst
Bank. Prior to joining the company, he was a principal at The Vanguard
Group, where he served as chair of the trust-investment committee and
senior officer of Vanguard Advisers, Inc., and Vanguard Fiduciary Trust
Company.

David
Aufhauser L77, a partner with the law firm of Williams & Connolly
in Washington, was nominated in February by President Bush to be general
counsel for the Department of the Treasury.

Bruce
Curley C77 <bruce.curley@axcelis.com>
recently finished recording his
poetry for a spoken-word CD; it will be released by Xeximian Productions,
Inc., (www.xeximian.com) of Tampa,
Fla., later this year.

Sharon
Ann Fordham WG77 was appointed chief executive officer of WeightWatchers.com,
Inc. Previously she was president of global e-business for Nabisco,
Inc.; earlier, as senior vice president for marketing there, she directed
the companys new wellness and mini-snack lines, such as SnackWells
cookies and crackers, Teddy Grahams and a line of low-salt crackers.

David
van Hoogstraten C77 G77 and Michelle Kayon C77 report
that as chief of project management at the National Zoo she has just
finished work on extensive renovations to the Panda House. He is in
the State Departments Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Scientific
Affairs, and recently concluded work on a new treaty banning or severely
restricting the production and use of persistent organic pollutants
(POPs), including DDT.

David
Berger W78 is chief financial officer for VNU, Inc., a New York
media and information company. Previously he was senior vice president
in charge of finance development at Simon & Schuster.

Dr. Mitchell
Blutt C78 M82 WG87 is an executive partner of J.P. Morgan Partners
and a member of the executive committee of J.P. Morgan Chases private-equity
unit in New York. He was still seeing patients one day a week until
about two years agoand he continues to teach at Cornell University
Medical School. He and his wife Margo, a former dancer with the New
York City Ballet, have two children, Jillian (five) and Eliza (three).

Michael
D. Garz GAr78 was recently promoted to senior vice president of
STV Inc., an engineering, architectural, environmental and construction
management firm of the STV Group, based in Douglassville, Pa.; he continues
to serve as manager of the firms central region.

Steven
Weisholtz M78, chief of infectious diseases at Englewood Hospital
and Medical Center in New Jersey, was named vice president of the medical
staff there in March.

Michael
A. Forman W79 was promoted in February to chief financial officer
and vice president in charge of finance and administration for Tessera
Inc., a provider of intellectual property for chip-scale packaging of
semiconductors, based in San Jose, Calif. He had been director of financial
analysis and planning there.

Daniel
E. Geffken W79 was promoted to senior vice president in charge
of finance and chief financial officer of Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.,
a biopharmaceutical company in Cambridge, Mass.; he had joined the firm
in 1997.

Valorie
Mobley Hawkins C79 married Michael W. Hawkins on Aug. 16, 1997.
She is a fifth-grade teacher at Cold Spring Elementary School in the
Upper Moreland School District near Philadelphia.

Betsy
Shain Liebman W79 is an attorney with the law firm of Capehart
& Scatchard, P.A., and practices from its Mt. Laurel, N.J., office.
She spoke earlier this year on non-complete agreements and the protection
of trade secrets at a seminar of the New Jersey Institute for Continuing
Legal Education.

Julie
Ragland Maxwell WG79 is chief administrative officer of Egenera,
Inc., an Internet infrastructure company based in Marlboro, Mass. She
had been a vice president at Goldman Sachs, in charge of internal support,
with responsibility for its global IT help-desk infrastructure.

Lee P.
Tarlow Miller C79 was recently named a managing director of U.S.
Trust Company. After Penn I went to Emory Law School and have now been
at U.S. Trust for 14 years where I am a fiduciary and planning manager.
Ive written and lectured widely on trusts and estate planning and,
on weekends, I am a docent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and lead
walking tours in European Paintings and the American Wing.

Bernard
Plishtin C79 is president and CEO of HotRoof, Inc., which provides
technology for businesses to deliver personalized video to end-users;
the firm is based in Great Barrington, Mass.

Susan
Rerat C79 in January became managing director of Epicurious, the
online home of Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines. The
founding publisher of Vogue Russia, she spent the last three
years working in the Paris and Moscow offices of CondÈ Nast International.

Manuel
Roxas W79 was re-appointed in February for a second term as Secretary
for Trade and Industry of the Philippines. He is an economist and former
congressman there.

Mitch
Sockett C79 <msockett@amrocinvestments.com>
and his wife, Sandy, recently returned to New York, having lived in
Hawaii for over five years. After 18 years of trench warfare as a litigation
attorney, he has escaped the clutches of the law and joined Amroc
Investments as a
financial analyst. Mitch and Sandy are re-discovering the joys of East
Coast urban life, including the snap of an autumn breeze, snowstorms,
delicatessens and La BohËme at the Met.

Peter
Tallian W79 is senior vice president and chief financial officer
of TranSwitch Corp., the Shelton, Conn., developer and supplier of high-speed
VLSI semiconductors. Previously he was executive vice president and
chief financial officer of Metavante Corp., headquartered in Milwaukee.

1980s

Thomas
D. Karol W80 was elected president and
chief executive officer of Elcor Corporation in February; based in Dallas,
Tex., the company, through subsidiaries, manufactures roofing and other
industrial products and provides electronics-manufacturing services.
He had recently served as president of the Brinkman hard-surfaces division
of Beaulieu of America.

Dr. Marilynn
E. Katatsky WG80 was promoted in March to senior vice president
at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in Annapolis, Md.

Daniel
Blum W81 e-mails My wife, Ilene, and I have three boys ages 11
and nine and nine (twins). We live in Short Hills, N.J., and are active
with them and their activities. I recently took control of a specialized-printing
services business named Quality Indexing Corp. which makes high-volume
runs of indexing products for printers and financial institutions. Feel
free to drop me a line <dan@qualityindexing.com>.

David
R. Campbell C81 was named partner in the Lancaster, Pa., law firm
of Chesters & Miller, which he joined in 1998.

James
R. Chambers WG81 is chief financial officer of New York-based Paxonix
(www. paxonix.com); created
by Westvaco Corp. last December, it aims to help consumer-product companies
improve profitability and competitiveness through accelerated speed-to-market
and efficiencies in packaging and product development. Previously he
was head of
Netgrocer.com, the online supermarket.

Todd Hagen
W81 was recently appointed chief financial officer of Symmetry
Communications Systems, a provider of wireless data-packet services
based in San Jose, Calif. Previously he was chief financial officer
at Salon.com.

Joyce
McNeill Nu81 and her husband, Alec, are pleased to announce the
birth of our daughter, Abigail Sarah McNeill Schwartz, who arrived on
May 23, 2000, just one week after our first wedding anniversary. She
joins big sister Rachel (10). Joyce works full-time as a nurse midwife
with Midwives of Delaware County in Upper Darby, Pa.

Dr. Stan
Bernard C82 WG88 received the 2000 Wharton School Alumni Achievement
Award in recognition of contributions to the health-care field and
continued support of the graduate program in health-care management.
He initiated and co-taught two new health-care MBA courses, Pharmaceutical
Management, Health Care and the Internet, over the past 11 years. Recently
he was named by Advance magazine as one of the 15 most influential
forces in health-care information technology. He is president of Bernard
Associates, a business consulting firm that helps new health-care ventures
with strategic planning, marketing, business development and financing
services.

Dr. Jeffrey
Scott Isenberg C82 <ariella@falsh.net>
reports the publication this year of the third volume in his trilogy
on the philosophy of medicine entitled Peaceful Wounds: A Philosophy
of Surgery (Wyndham Hall Press, Bristol, Ind.).

Paul H.
Phaneuf WG82 is managing director and head of U.S. high-yield capital
markets and mezzanine finance for Barclays Capital in New York, the
investment banking division of Barclays PLC. Previously he was head
of high yield at CrÈdit Lyonnais Securities.

David
Porter C82 <dlp525@yahoo.com>
e-mails, My book, Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball,
[was] published in February by Taylor Publishing of Dallas. It tells
the story of how the Mob-fixed games at B.C. in the late 1970sI can
still remember reading the exposÈ in Sports Illustrated in my
apartment at 4309 Baltimore Avenue in 1981. One outgrowth of the project
is that Henry Hill, whom the movie Goodfellas is based on, is
now my best buddy. Whether or not this is a good thing, I am not sure.
But most of the major studios are interested in the film rights, so
maybe its a blessing.

Robert
M. Schlakman W82 e-mails, my wife, Andrea, and I celebrated the
birth of our son, Daniel Scott Schlakman, in Oct. 2000. More recently,
I have joined John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., in Boston as director
of federal taxes.

Michael
J. Brown C83 was recently named intellectual-property counsel and
technology-transfer manager at the Institute for Genomic Research in
Rockville, Md.; he had served as staff counsel there.

Dr. John
Deighton Gr83, the Harold M. Brierly Professor of Business Administration
at the Harvard Business School, was recently elected to the board of
MeyerMonitor, a New York company which specializes in talent engagement
and corporate effectiveness.

Dan Foley
WG83 was appointed senior vice president of corporate finance for
the Bellwether Exploration Co., an independent oil and gas exploration
and production company based in Houston, Tex. Previously he was a director
in the global-energy corporate-finance group at Arthur Andersen LLP.

Michael
L. Goldman W83 L86 recently celebrated his 15th anniversary with
Ellen Winchell Goldman L86. They live in Trumbull, Conn., with
their three children, Joshua (11), Benjamin (nine) and Jacqueline (seven).
Ellen is a travel consultant with Up and Away Travel, specializing in
luxury and family travel. Michael is the founder and managing partner
of Goldman, Gruder & Woods, LLC, a nine-attorney law firm specializing
in real estate law and corporate transactions and litigation in Norwalk.
He is the Class Agent for the Law School Class of 1986, and also regularly
interviews high-school students for Penns secondary-school committee
in Fairfield County.

Mark Horak
WG83 was promoted to senior vice president of worldwide marketing
for Warner Home Video. He was senior vice president of U.S. marketing,
having joined the company in 1995.

Thomas
T. Janover C83 <TJanover@kramerlevin.com>
is practicing law in New York as a partner in the bankruptcy/creditors
rights group at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP. My clients,
many of whom are alumni, invest in bankrupt or distressed companies.
My wife, Sarah, and I have a great time with our two daughters, Leah
(four) and Emily (one), and we look forward to getting to at least one
football game a season.

Paula
Katkin C83 is vice president of marketing for The Kelsey Group;
based in Princeton, N.J., it provides research and analysis based on
local advertising, voice and wireless technology, and electronic commerce.
Previously she was a senior marketing executive with Verizon Information
Services, which publishes print and electronic directories.

Kevin
A. Reinis ME83 GME84 e-mails, After 2 1/2 years at Dell Computer
I have taken a new position with Veritas Software, a leading storage
software provider, as vice president and general manager of the IBM
division. We will be staying in Austin, Tex., and the division will
be based here as well. Also pleased to report that our two oldest children,
Alex and Sara, recently achieved the rank of Black Belt in Tae Kwon
Do. My new e-mail is <kevin.reinis@veritas.com>.
STHL in Austin, Tex.

Alan J.
Sheptin C83 has been working at AXA Financial for the last four
years, and this past February I was promoted to assistant vice president
in the market and product-management group. Marilyn Assicurato C01
will join us after graduation. I still live in Goldens Bridge, N.Y.,
with my wife, Lisa Clayman Sheptin, and two kids, Zachary (10) and Jessica
(6). Would love to hear from old friends <ajslcs1@aol.com>.

Robert
D. Thompson W83 is chief executive officer of OraSure Technologies
Inc., based in Bethlehem, Pa. Previously he was chief operating officer
and chief financial officer of LabOne Inc.

Ann Kotlar
Collet W84 and her husband, Dr. Brian Collet, an ophthalmologist,
joyfully announce the birth of Joshua Matthew on April 10, 2000. His
three big brothers, Eric (seven), David (five) and Michael (three) are
thrilled to have a new playmate. The Collets live in Woodbury, N.Y.

Douglas
R. Korn W84 was recently named chief operating officer of Bear
Stearns Merchant Banking in New York; he had been senior managing director
there.

Jonathan
Lipsky EAS84 lives in Bet Shemesh, Israel, with his wife, Sandy
Cash, and their four children. He is a systems engineer at Israel Aircraft
Industries, and she is a freelance writer and part-time singer-songwriter.
He writes, She does great moms music; her new CD, Exact Change,
can be sampled at (www.sandycash.com).

Craig
D. Mills C84, a partner in the litigation department of the Philadelphia-based
law firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, helped
convince an international arbitration panel in February that the United
States could be held liable for damages arising from a Mississippi civil-jury
verdict against a Canadian company and its Canadian founder, where that
verdict was alleged to be the product of anti-Canadian bias. This ruling
marks the first time that potential liability under NAFTA has been extended
to cover a governments failure to protect foreign investors from nationalistic
bias in a purely private legal dispute.

Lynn Breidenbach
Phillips C84 and her husband, Richard Phillips C/W84 WG88,
are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Theodore, on Feb. 9.
Teddy joins big brother Russell (three), in making lots of noise around
the house. The family lives in Weston, Conn.

Stephen
Sammut WG84 is chair and CEO of Buttonwood Ventures, a newly formed
merchant bank and private-equity firm in Wynnewood, Pa. In January he
was appointed head of the research advisory board of Round 1Private
Capital Marketplace, Inc., a financial-services company. He also serves
on the adjunct faculty at Penn, teaching courses on private equity and
venture capital in the Wharton School, and in the Law School and the
Engineering School.

Roslyne
Weiner Schulman C84 <marknros@aol.com>
and her husband, Mark, are proud to announce the birth of their beautiful
daughter, Rachel Ruth Miriam, on Dec. 6. She joins five-year-old big
brother Benjamin at their home in Silver Spring, Md. Roslyne is a senior
associate director for policy development at the American Hospital Association
in Washington.

Dr. Linda
Shore-Lesserson C84 M88 and Dr. Jonathan Lesserson M89
announce the birth of their second child, Jeremy Tyler Lesserson on
Aug. 15; their older son, Aaron Lee Lesserson, is six years old. They
live in Bergen County, N.J., where Jonathan is an otolaryngologist in
private practice. Linda is an anesthesiologist specializing in cardiovascular
anesthesiology at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York.

Ross Z.
Silver C/W84 and Linda Strauss Silver C84 welcomed a third
son into their family last year: Daniel Eric Silver was born on February
24, 2000. He joined older brothers Zack (eight) and Jared (five) in
their home in Short Hills, N.J.

Marlene
Taylor WEv84 WEv85 in February gave a reading at the Penn Bookstore
from her novel, Life Is What You Make It, Darlin, which was
published last year by Oshun Dynasty Publications.

Andrea
Anania WG85 was named an executive vice president of CIGNA Corp.
in Philadelphia. She had been a chief information officer responsible
for the companys systems development, data processing and telecommunications.

Jeremy
Brosowsky C85 left his job in the late 1980s as a research analyst
at Goldman Sachs to return to his first love, journalism; in 1999 he
launched Washington Business Forward, a monthly, regional business
magazine for the business leaders of Greater Washington. In the spring
he began rolling out Boston Business Forward.

William
Cadogan WG85 in May joined Minneapolis-based St. Paul Venture Capital
as a general partner, based in its Boston Office; he focuses on early-stage
telecommunications companies. He was chair and chief executive officer
of ADC Telecommunications Inc. In March he received the Outstanding
Engineering Alumni Award from Northeastern University.

Dr. Scott
Epstein C85 <epstein@epix.net>
is a partner in Northeastern Rehabilitation Associates in Scranton,
Pa., where he practices physical medicine and rehabilitation. My wife,
Sandy, and I will be celebrating our 10th anniversary in June. We have
two children, Ali (five) and Jake (two). Weve been rooting for the
Quakers, especially with family members Dan Zalles W86 and Dave
Zalles W61.

Colette
Fleming W85 joined UBS Warburg as a senior wireless-telecommunications-services
analyst in February. Previously she was a senior wireless-services analyst
at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

Sheldon
Lee Gosline C85 <gosline@egypt.net>
has returned from three years in Manchuria where he taught Egyptology.
He was recently appointed associate professor in history at Northeast
Normal University. Currently he is working on expanding an academic
publishing enterprise, Shangri-La Publications, and plans to return
to China with his wife, You Min, to excavate six tombs near the border
with North Korea. He is also director of the Hieratic Font Project,
based at the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations, Changchun.

John H.
Grady L85 joined Turner Investment Partners, an asset-management
firm in Berwyn, Pa., as general counsel and chief legal officer in February.
Previously he was a partner in the investment-management practice group
at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Philadelphia.

Ethan
Klingsberg C85 was made a partner in January at Cleary, Gottlieb,
Steen & Hamilton in New York. His practice focuses on mergers &
acquisitions, international-securities offerings and joint ventures.

Holly
Love EAS85 is a writer and editor thriving in Havertown, Pa., with
her amazing dog, Scooby. She writes columns regularly for the Main
Line Times and Metro, and most recently used her techie background
to write four columns for PhillyTech magazine; part-time she
manages Excel and Access data for a directory publisher. Contact her
especially if youre doing something write-worthy or want to go on dog-accompanied
hikes: e-mail address for both Holly and Scooby is <hlove@ot.com>.

Dr. Steven
E. McKenzie M85 Gr85 was named professor of medicine and pediatrics
and the new director of the Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research
at Thomas Jefferson University in February. Previously he was director
of the Molecular Imaging Core Facility at the A.I. duPont Hospital for
Children in Wilmington, Del. He is also a member of Jeffersons Kimmel
Cancer Center. He served as an assistant professor of pediatrics at
Penn from 1991 to 1996.

James
McLoughlin WG85 is vice president of affiliate sales with WorldGate,
a provider of interactive cable television, based in Trevose, Pa. For
almost eight years he was vice president of affiliate sales and operations
in HBOs Philadelphia-region office.

James
J. Moglia WG85 in February was appointed executive managing director
and head of the U.S. debt-origination group of BMO Nesbitt Burns, the
Canadian investment firm. Based in New York, he heads a team focused
on high-yield finance and private placements and will build the companys
sponsor coverage and restructuring efforts.

Matthew
V. Petronio W85, who recently joined Parmalat USA as VP/general
manager of the ice-cream division, has been promoted to VP/general manager
of marketing and business development for all of the U.S. and Mexico.
After graduation I joined P&G, then I spent 13+ years at Mars Inc.
in several assignments from the Starburst and Snickers brands in the
U.S. to directing the Russian snack-food business from Moscow: I led
the team which was responsible for the Snickerization of Russia. Finally
returning to America to manage the U.S. ice-cream business for Mars,
introducing the Snickers Ice Cream Cone, M&Ms Cookie Ice Cream
Sandwich, and the Dreyers/Edys Presents range of packaged ice creams.
My wife, Mary, and I live in Allamuchy Twp., N.J.

Ken Rosenfeld
EAS85 and his wife, Debby, are pleased to announce the arrival
of our new son, Zachary Tyler, on Oct. 27. Our older son, Ryan Daniel,
just turned five and is loving pre-school, karate and gymnastics. Currently,
I am director of global commercialization and e-business development
for Eastman Kodaks, PaRis business segment. We produce medical-image
and information-management systems and software. Debby is enjoying being
a stay-at-home mom <kenrosenfeld@home.com>.

Lorenzo
di Bonaventura WG86 signed a new long-term contract in February
extending his 11-year career at Warner Bros. and expanding his responsibilities
as president of worldwide production at Warner Bros. Pictures.

Adam Gertsacov
C86 <kafclown@well.com>
was crowned the Clown Laureate of Greenbelt, Md., on April 1. The mayor
presented him with a large green belt to wear at all public events.
This honor kicked off a six-week clown residency in Greenbelt that included
performances, classes, films, colloquies, and an exhibit of clown art
that Adam assembled. He also performed the world premiere of The
Puppet Tragedies, a collection of popular tragedies using innovative
puppet and object-theatre techniques; pieces included The Barbie Oedipus,
The Vegetable Macbeth, and A Short Days Journey Into Night. To
find out more about the clown activities going on as part of his laureateship,
see (www.acmeclown.com/greenbelt).

Naomi
Grabel C86 relocated to Philadelphia last year as managing director
of The Wilma Theater in Center City. She will marry Neil Kutner On July
1. Her brother, Jonathan Grabel W91, is a partner in the New
York venture-capital firm Baker Capital; he will marry Rori Sinks in
October.

Mary K.
Foster WG86 was appointed in February president of Sylvan Learning
Centers, provider of personalized supplemental education services to
K-12 students. She had previously worked for Riverside Corp., a furniture
manufacturer in Fort Smith, Ark.

Jonathan
Guttenberg C86 e-mails, My wife, Randi Karmen Guttenberg, and
I are excited by the arrival of our first child: our daughter, Katie
Bea Guttenberg, was born on Jan. 27. We live in New York <jon@guttenberg.net>.

Matt Hausmann
W86 <mhausman@e-travel.com>
and Lesley Hirshfeld Hausmann C89 <lesley_hausmann@yahoo.com>
are pleased to announce the birth of Daniel Nathan on Nov. 24. He joins
Connor (two), who has learned that kissing Daniel is acceptable, while
playing knock knock on his head is not. The family lives in Belmont,
Mass.

Charles
M. Hay GAr86 <chay@tappe.com>
was appointed principal and one of five owners of TappÈ Associates,
Inc. a 50-person, Boston-based architectural firm. He will act as principal-in-charge
for ensuring the design mission of the firm and will continue to provide
senior project management for educational institutions.

Barbara
Sarnacki Jones C86 e-mails, As a mom with a career on hold, Im
always interested in how other stay-at-home parents are staying involved
and contributing to their communities. So when I heard that Classmate
Susan Pereles Nu86, a marathoner at home with her three little
ones, was organizing a race to raise money for autism research, I thought
other Gazette readers should hear her story. She is organizing
a 5km race in Potomac, Md., this July 4, to benefit the Cure Autism
Now Foundation. After a young relative was diagnosed with autism, Susan
conceived of the race as a way to bring attention (and dollars) to the
need for autism research. I wish I could be there in July to run with
her, but hope other Penn grads will show their support by contacting
her at <sdpereles@erols.com>.

Gwyneth
Ketterer C/W86 is a managing director with Bear Stearns Merchant
Banking in New York, having helped set up the group in 1998. Previously
she was with Lehman Brotherss merchant-banking group.

Wendy
Klausner Komarnitsky W86 and her husband, Alek, had their second
son, Kyle, on March 6. His older brother, Dirk, is almost three. After
taking the summer off, I will return to Natural Habitat Adventures,
a wildlife travel company in Boulder, Colo., where I will resume my
marketing position that I have loved for the last five years. I can
be reached at <wendy@komar.org>
or via our Web site at (www.komar.org).

Dr. Helen
Mazuryk Mashek C86 and her husband, Tom, are proud to announce
the birth of their daughter, Ana Mariel, on Aug. 8. Helen is a dermatologist
in private practice in Delaware; they live in Swarthmore, Pa.

Bruce
D. Radin EAS86 <bradin@budd-larner.com>
recently joined the law firm of Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg
& Sade, P.C. in Short Hills, N.J., as a shareholder specializing
in intellectual-property law. He was previously a partner at Morgan
& Finnegan, L.L.P. in New York.

Dr. Nicholas
P. Sham Sr. GrEd86, Lynn, Pa., was appointed superintendent of
the Northern Lehigh School District in February. He joined the district
in 1988 as a high-school principal, and was promoted to assistant superintendent
in 1994.

Joshua
R. Slavitt C86 <JSlavitt@synnlech.com>
is pleased to report that he recently became a partner at Synnestvedt
& Lechner LLP, an intellectual-property law firm in Philadelphia.
I am also president and co-founder of Silicon Philly, an e-zine and
networking organization for the new economy in the greater Philadelphia
area. With my wife, Nadine, we are also keeping quite busy with our
three children, Sam (five), Shoshana (three) and Sydney (20 months).

Stephen
Spoonamore EAS/W86 was mentioned in a feature in the February issue
of Fortune Small Business <spoon@cpr-group.com>.

Kit Boyatt
G87 WG87 joined the alternative-investments group at Lazard Asset
Management in New York last February. He had been head of research for
J.P. Morgan Investment Managements hedge-fund group.

Dr. James
M. Day Gr87 <day@deva.ucl.ac.be>
is academic dean and professor of human development and psychology of
religion at the UniversitÈ catholique de Louvain in Belgium and adjunct
professor in the Department of Communication and the Centre for Policy
and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire. He recently
co-founded the European Research Network in Psychology of Religion,
and is thesis adviser to Princesse Mathilde de Belgique, the future
queen. James is married to Birte Henkelmann, a German, and is father
to Julia (11); in February, Birte was expecting, with the birth due
at Easter. At Louvain he also directs the Development and Society psychology
major, and teaches both developmental and clinical psychology courses.
Recently he was filmed for the Archives in Social Construction series.
In September he begins training for ordination as a priest in the Church
of England, and will hold research and chaplaincy posts at the University
of Cambridge.

Bruce
Goldfarb C/W87 in March was appointed senior managing director
and general counsel of Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., a
global proxy-solicitation firm based in New York. Previously he was
senior vice president at Zurich Scudder Investments, Inc.

Tracy
D. Hill L87 in February joined Germani & Riggle LLC in Portland,
Ore.; she focuses on civil litigation and probate law.

Daniel
O. Horowitz C87 and his wife, Janice, report the birth of their
first child, Gordon Benjamin, on March 1. Danny and Janice live in New
York: He was recently promoted to senior managing director in the New
York office of Julien J. Studley, Inc., a national commercial real estate
firm specializing in tenant representation, and she is a corporate account
executive in the industry-solutions group of Microsoft. Danny continues
to stay active with the university as a member of the board of The Penn
Club in Manhattan.

Greg Koslow
W87 and his wife, Amy, are proud to announce the birth of their
daughter, Emma Lindsay, on Jan. 18. She joins big sister, Danielle (two).
They live in Scotch Plains, N.J., and Greg is a partner with Arthur
Andersen LLP in New York <GK194@aol.com>.

Debbie
Dubin Marx C87 and her husband, Bob, are thrilled to announce the
birth of their baby girl, Julia Rose, on Dec. 3. Debbie is a content
designer for Logical Design Solutions, an Internet professional-services
firm in Manhattan <ddubin@lds.com>.

Evan Oster
G87 WG87 in January was
appointed vice president of research for MeasureCast, Inc.; based in
Portland, Ore., it provides Internet radio broadcasters and other streaming-media-content
providers with next-day demographic reports. Previously he was director
of market research for the MTV and Nickelodeon cable networks and their
online businesses in Latin America.

Sigurd
R. Peterson Jr. L87 and Sue Peterson are proud to announce the
birth of their first child, Sigurd Edward, on Feb. 24. They live in
Dayton, where Sigurd is a trial attorney with the U.S. Air Force.

Daniel
Segedin WG87 was appointed in February president and chief executive
officer of Consumer Health Interactive, as San Francisco-based developer
of e-health portals for health-care organizations and employers. He
had been senior vice president of corporate accounts and product development
for CHIs strategic partner, AdvancePCS.

Cuyler
H. Walker L87 WG87 was elected in January to the partnership of
Pepper Hamilton LLP, a Philadelphia-based law firm. He practices corporate,
mergers and acquisitions, and securities law in the Berwyn office.

Nancy
Weiss C87 is general counsel of the Institute of Museum and Library
Services, a sister agency of the NEA and the NEH; she deals with legal
and policy issues affecting cultural and academic institutions throughout
the country. She and Laura Possessky C91 are co-chairs of the
Washington Bars arts, entertainment and sports law section.

Dr. Peter
Wu EAS87 <hh.pwu@ntplx.net>
will move to Chicago where he will begin a surgical-oncology fellowship
at the University of Chicago, after completing his general-surgery training
at the University of Connecticut and clinical-research training at the
National Cancer Institute Surgery Branch. He currently lives in Farmington,
Conn., at the Miss Porters School with his wife, (Lily) Lee Wen
Su L93, and daughter, Cameron (two), where they also work as house
directors for the boarding school.

Beth Waddell
Caulfield C88 and Dr. Tom Caulfield Gr91 will celebrate
their 10th wedding anniversary in June. They currently live in Paris
with their son, T.J. (four), and daughter, Amber (two), and where Tom
has taken an ex-pat assignment managing a team of chemists for Aventis
Pharmaceuticals and Beth is a full-time mom. Theyd love to hear from
old friends and can be reached at <bcaulfield@free.fr>.

Kathleen
DeMarco C/W88 e-mails her first novel, Cranberry Queen,
will be published by Talk Miramax Books in June. Miramax Films optioned
the film rights, and Ill be writing the screenplay for the film as
well.

Joseph
Durko C/W88 is vice president and corporate controller for the
New York-based Ventiv Health, Inc., which provides comprehensive marketing
and sales solutions to the healthcare industry.

Seth Kaller
C88 and Dr. Lyn Kaller are happy to announce the birth of Jordana
Marelle on Nov. 18. Seth has become a dealer and collection-builder
of historic documents, even acquiring Benjamin Franklins signed copy
of the Constitution, and the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln.
He frequently exhibitsEinsteins first scientific paper is now on display
at the Smithsonian Museum of American Historyand welcomes e-mail contacts
at <skaller@americagallery.com>.

Rev. Steven
J. Kelly C88 <rector@stjohnsdetroit.org>
e-mails, I am now the priest at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Detroit,
a 142-year-old parish next door to the brand new Detroit Tigers Comerica
Baseball Park. It is a huge change from ministry in rural Western Pennsylvania
to downtown Detroit, but the area is familiar since I grew up here.
This past summer my wife, Jennifer, gave birth to our third son, William.
He joins five-year-old Samuel and three-year-old Andrew. If you are
going to be in Detroit for a baseball game, or any other reason, be
sure to stop by the church to light a candle and to say hello.

Richard
Lester C/W88 in March became chief financial officer of IntelliCare,
Inc., a provider of healthcare communication technology and services,
based in Portland, Maine. Previously he was vice president in charge
of development and operations for DaVita/Total Renal Care, Inc. based
in Torrance, Calif.

Dr. David
Melnick EAS88 is a fourth-year surgical resident at the University
of Michigan Hospital. Noah, his son, was described by grandfather Dr.
Frederic Melnick C58 D61 as the cutest little kid in Ann Arbor.

Teri Mendelsohn
C88 and Richard Lethin announce with delight the birth of their
daughter, Harper Ingrid Mendelsohn Lethin, on Oct. 18. Teri is director
of business development at Ovid Technologies, an online biomedical-database
company in New York.

Ira Rosen
C88 e-mails that after spending too long in graduate schooland
enjoying every minute of itIm now director of project management for
the engineering and operations division of IDT Telecom. My wife, Heidi,
and I have three children, Natasha (Batsheva) (seven), Eli (Austin)
(five) and Rikki Lee (three), with one more on the way. We spend some
of our time running concerts in our home in central New Jersey; in June,
we welcome the Bobs to perform. Any interested parties, please contact
me, Id love to hear from you <irosen@idttechnology>.

Julia
Null Smith C88 e-mails that Wyatt Harrison Smith was born on Nov.
28. He joins big sister Carson, who turned four in January <avenueb@swbell.net>.

Carol
Nelson Stigum C88 and her husband, Erik, are happy to announce
the birth of their daughter, Anna, on May 27, 2000. They live in East
Northport, N.Y., <stigum@optonline.net>.

Lee Wind
C88 invites you to get your Sex Insurance, Inc. online at
(www.hypnotic.com): featured in
over a dozen film festivals worldwide, and now available on your computer,
Lee wrote, directed, and produced this short musical comedy spoof of
an infomercial. He lives in Los Angeles with his partner, Mark Hoist,
and divides his time between writing screenplays and film and commercial
editing. Enjoy the film and then say Hi at <leewind@mediaone.net>.

John Boord
W89 re-joined Salomon Smith Barney in February as a director to
head its investment-banking activities in Mexico. He had worked for
SSB from 1992 to 1999, latterly as director of its Latin American equity-capital-markets
desk, based in New York. He took a one-year absence during which he
created a Latin American/U.S. Hispanic-language Internet portal.

Michael
S. Castleman W89, senior vice president of the private-equity division
and co-head of its venture-capital group of Lehman Brothers, in February
was appointed to the board of Molecular OptoElectronics Corp., an optical-components
manufacturer based in Watervliet, N.Y.

Julieta
Cristal W89 is engaged to be married to J. Darrin Smith of Stamford,
Conn.; the wedding will be in New Rochelle, N.Y., on Sept. 29.

Maria
Betancourt Erickson WG89 started Bette & Court Golf Collection
(www.bette-court.com) with
her own savingsand a life-long passion for owning her own businessand
has never looked back. She started the Miami company in 1991 in order
to create great products and support womens golf. We are very proud
of the niche we have carved out for ourselves.

Dr. Daniel
L. Minor Jr. C89 has joined the faculty of the University of California
San Francisco School of Medicine as an assistant professor in the Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics and an investigator in the Cardiovascular
Research Institute. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1996 and was a
postdoctoral fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge,
U.K., and in the Department of Physiology at UCSF prior to accepting
this position. His research is on the molecular basis of electrical
signaling in the nervous system; the lab Web site is (www.cvri.ucsf.edu/~dminor).

Mitchell
Saifer C89 and Alison Berger Saifer W90 are proud to announce
the birth of their son, Zachary Harrison, on Dec. 19. He joins big sister
Samantha, who will be three in June. Alison is president of Actuarial
Management Strategies, Inc., a healthcare consulting firm based in Lambertville,
N.J. <asaifer@actmgmt.com>.
Mitchell <tjsmas@aol.com>
is vice president of Building Maintenance Systems, Inc.; he recently
started a company specializing in indoor and outdoor stadiums and arena
facilities, Stadium Solutions.

Andrew
J. Shapiro C89 worked on the Gore-Lieberman 2000 campaign in Nashville
as the briefing-book director for vice-presidential candidate Joseph
Lieberman. After Election Day, Andrew joined the Gore-Lieberman Recount
Committee legal team which litigated the presidential-election contest
in Florida. Prior to joining the campaign, he had worked for two years
at the Justice Department as counsel to the international-competition
policy-advisory committee that reports to the Attorney General and the
assistant attorney general for antitrust. He can be reached at <andrew_
shapiro@hotmail.com>.

1990s

Dr.
Amy Pickar Abernethy C90 and her husband,
Steve Abernethy, are delighted to announce the birth of our son, Cameron
Montana Abernethy, weighing 9lbs. 3oz., on Jan. 14 in Adelaide. We are
in awe. While in Australia, I am continuing in my role as a clinical
oncologist and I am also completing a Ph.D. in palliative medicine.
I return to the USA often; she was looking forward to meeting with
Laura Dieffenbach San Miguel Nu90 GNu94, Susan Chudnow Seale C90,
Sharon Makower W90, Eileen Chang Rhie W90, Julie Richards Taylor C90
at the annual Penn TCPW weekend in North Carolina in April.

Andrew
A. Bassock C90 and his wife, Irene, proudly announce the birth
of their daughter, Addison Aliya Bassock, on Dec. 24. Addison has already
met alumni Michael Fein W90, Scott Grodsky W92, Greg Porges C89,
Dean Schefrin W90, David Brous C90, Adam Shapiro W90, Eddie Hilzenrath
W91 and Sydney Cutler Hilzenrath C94, JoAnne Heit Bertrand
CW58, Stephen Bassock W55, Michael Bassock W57, Betsy Heit Gaberman
CW62 and Matt Friedman W90. The family is doing great and
Addison is preparing to join the Class of 2021. Andy left his job as
an assistant district attorney in Boston last year and is currently
a financial adviser at PaineWebber in Hartford, Conn. <abassock@yahoo.com>.

Jeffrey
Bernstein C90 and Susan N. Bernstein C91 welcomed our
second son, Koby Adam, on Feb. 1. His big brother, Zachary, is almost
four and his best friend is Chloe Citron, daughter of Jill Krupp
Citron C91. Jeffreys e-mail is <jeffbernie@aol.com>.

Dr. Richard
J. Bleicher C90 is pleased to announce that he has completed his
general surgery training, and is currently a fellow in surgical oncology
at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, Calif.

Jose Luis
Castro GPU90 <joseluiscastro@britannica.com>
has been appointed director of finance and development for the International
Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, a scientific organization
for the prevention and control of tuberculosis and lung disease and
related community-health problems whose activities span 52 countries.
Since 1998 he has been working with the World Health Organization in
New Delhi advising the Indian government on the implementation of its
national TB-control program, the second largest in the world after China.
He was selected for inclusion in the 2000 edition of Whos Who in
Medicine and Healthcare.

David
Eisman C/W90 and Jennifer Linderman Eisman C90 proudly
announce the birth of their son, Dillon Hunter, on June 16, 2000, weighing
6lbs. 15oz. The family has moved back from London, and now lives in
Beverly Hills, Calif. David is a senior corporate associate with Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Floms Los Angeles office and Jennifer loves
being a stay-at-home mom.

Jeffrey
Hyman W90, president, chief executive officer and founder of Cruel
World, Inc., was appointed in March chief operating officer of LeadersOnline,
the Internet recruiting subsidiary of Chicagos Heidrick & Struggles
for professionals and mid-level executives.

Ken Joseph
C90 and his wife, Deena Joseph, are elated to announce the birth
of their fourth daughter, Sophia Elena Joseph, on Sept. 9; she joins
Ashton, Allie and Lauren.

Stephanie
Kontrim-Baumann C90 and her husband, Jeff Baumann, are proud to
announce the birth of their son, Samuel Kontrim Baumann, on July 26
in Amsterdam. Stephanie will finish her ex-pat assignment in Holland
at the end of this year and then return to the U.S.specific location
still to be determined. She can be reached
at <skontrim@wolterskluwer.com>
or <jeffbaumann@hotmail.com>.

Karen
Rich Nadel W90 e-mails she and Alan Nadel W89 are happy
to announce the birth of our daughter, Sophie Lynn Nadel, on Nov. 30.
Ive put my law career on hold to be with Sophie and her big brother,
Joshua, full-time in our new home in Chappaqua, N.Y.

Susan
Klepper Quill C90 and William Quill C90 joyfully announce
the birth of their son, Charles Thomas, on Feb. 15. Charlie joins big
brothers Alex and Nicholas, who were born in Aug. 1999. The Quills live
in Scarsdale, N.Y.

Steven
Swagel C90 and his wife, Nathalie, are thrilled to announce the
birth of their beautiful baby girl, Clara Estelle, on Feb. 4; Mommy
and baby are doing great. The family lives in Wilton, Conn., <sswagel@yahoo.com>.

Deborah
Fishman Volk W90 and Judd A. Volk W89 are pleased to announce
the birth of their second son, Brian A. Volk, on Jan. 22, 2000. He joined
big brother Ethan (four) in Great Neck, N.Y., where Debbie <dvolk@morethanpaper.com>
runs her own personalized-stationery and birth-announcement business
on the Internet (www.morethanpaper.com).
Judd recently joined forces with GCP Capital Group (also in Great Neck),
specializing in commercial mortgages <juddv@gcpcap.com>.

Kristin
C. Vaccaro Nu90 is delighted to announce the birth of Samuel Joseph
on Oct. 18. He joins big brothers Noah (six) and Isaac (two). Anyone
know the recipe for a girl? Just kidding. We would not change them for
the world. Plus, there is still only one princess in our house <kcv627@yahoo.com>.

Michael
Wenban WG90 is a partner of the Toronto-based Monitor Group, co-head
of its Canadian practice and president of Monitor Institute. Having
joined the company in 1989, he has led client relationships in North
America, Europe and Asia with TSE-100 and Fortune-500 companies, and
a number of non-profit and governmental clients. The Monitor Institute
develops specialized content and leveraging assets for the development
and success of public-good intermediaries, such as not-for-profits,
social enterprises, governments and government agencies.

Melissa
K. Blau W91, a general partner of Constellation Ventures in New
York, an affiliate of Bear Stearns Asset Management, has joined the
board of Verance, a developer in San Diego, Calif., of watermark technologies
for content management and broadcast monitoring.

Dr. Eric
Britton C91 M96 e-mails, I have finished my training for general
practice in the British National Health Service and been offered a partnership
in The James Wigg Partnership, a large teaching practice in North Central
London. As part of my duties I will be responsible for the teaching
of medical students from University College London Medical School.

Gregory
M. Case WG91, a general partner at Patricof & Co. Ventures,
Inc., an international private-equity investment firm based in King
of Prussia, Pa., was named in January to the advisory board of Katalyst,
a full-service accelerator for New Economy companies.

Henry
J. DeWerth-Jaffe L91 was elected in January to the partnership
of Pepper Hamilton LLP, a Philadelphia-based law firm. He practices
bankruptcy and creditors rights law in the Philadelphia office.

Samantha
Marks Gordon W91 e-mails, My husband, Jonathan, and I had a beautiful
baby boy on Nov. 7he made up his mind that day; it only took the country
another 35 days to decide on the next president. His name is Zachary
Jack Gordon, and he has big slate-blue eyes and gorgeous red hair. Additional
news: upon returning to work in early February, I was promoted from
vice president of strategic planning to managing director of business
and market development for e-business services at Standard & Poors.
I was informed that I am the youngest to ever receive the managing-director
title at S&P. I look forward to seeing my classmates in May for
our 10th Reunion.

Michael
Herman C91 joined Deloitte & Touche LLP in New York last February
as a senior manager with its human-capital advisory-services practice.
He was previously a senior consultant with Sibson & Co., a subsidiary
of Nextera Enterprises.

Matthew
Hilk C91 has just become the assistant news director at WBMA-TV,
the ABC affiliate in Birmingham, Ala. He spent the past few years as
a news producer in Orlando, Fla. After getting over the initial shock
that the 10-year Reunion is months away, he is anxiously awaiting the
trip.

Lauren
Katz Kluger C91 and her husband, Matt Kluger, are the proud parents
of Aidan Michael born on Jan. 3. The family lives in New York, where
Aidan has been seen proudly wearing his first Pennsylvania sweatshirt.

Steven
Melnick C91 is vice president of media relations for 20th Century
Fox Television in Los Angeles.

Linda
Merrill Mullen C91 and Peter Mullen C89 are thrilled to
announce the birth of their twins, James Perry and Ethan Patrick, on
Feb. 7. Pete and Linda have made their home in the New York area since
their 1992 wedding, and currently live in Summit, N.J. He works in credit
research at Deutsche Banc Alex Brown; until recently she was a marketing
director in the Internet-banking division of American Express, and is
now enjoying being a full-time mom.

Laura
Possessky C91 practices entertainment and intellectual-property
law for Lichtman, Trister, Singer & Ross, a Washington public-interest
law firm, where she represent artists, writers, independent producers
and publishers, and non-profit organizations. She and Nancy Weiss
C87 are co-chairs of the Washington Bars arts, entertainment and
sports law section.

Dr. Sara
Pugach C91 married Scott Frey at the Estherwood Mansion in Dobbs
Ferry, N.Y., on Feb. 25. Her maid of honor was Alice Segal C92,
and Sandra Ehrenpreis-Flaster C90, Nancy Polutan C92 and Rachel
Schuldiner C92 were bridesmaids; Ken Cooperman C91 was
a groomsman. Other alumni attending were Saras cousin Charles Goldman
C/W90 and Anthony Crowell C92 and G. Basil Manos C92.
Sara recently completed her Ph.D. in European history at the University
of Chicago, and in April began a Social Science Research Council postdoctoral
fellowship at the Free University in Berlin. Her husband, a lawyer,
accompanied her there.

Maureen
Shay L91 has joined the Atlantic City office of the Philadelphia
law firm of Fox, Rothschild, OBrien & Frankel, LLP, where she will
concentrate on general commercial, litigation and licensing law. She
lives in Margate.

Pat Talamantes
WG91 in March was appointed vice president/finance, treasurer and
chief financial officer of the McClatchy Company of Sacramento, Calif.,
publisher of 11 daily newspapers and 13 non-dailies mostly in the West.
He had been chief financial officer of the Sinclair Broadcast Group
Inc., in Baltimore. A native Californian, he is thrilled to be returning
to Northern California. He and his wife, Scarlett, a stationery and
jewelry designer, have two boys, five and two.

William
Wrigley Jr. WG94 is CEO of William Wrigley Jr. Co.; with the firm
since 1985, he is the fourth generation to lead the 110-year-old Chicago-based
company.

Christine
M. Zambito C91 <czambito@thesanderling.com>
was recently named executive chef of The Sanderling, a luxury resort
on the Outer Banks in Duck, N.C. In April she married Luis Morillo of
the Dominican Republic; they live in Southern Shores, N.C.

Dr. Daniel
Del Vecchio GM92, a plastic and cosmetic surgeon, in March joined
the Adams Center for Aesthetic Surgery, P.C., in Boston. He had previously
practiced in Greenwich and New Canaan, Conn.

Dr. Alexander
Hoffman C92 married Dr. Allison Chausmer in Baltimore on March
11. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmacology
Research Unit, and he is a research fellow at the National Institute
on Drug Abuse, intramural research program, in Baltimore. In addition
to my father, Dr. Stephen Hoffman C62 M66, several of my classmates
and AEPi fraternity brothers were able to join us for this wonderful
event: Dr. David Fleischer C92, Adam Cutler W92 L95 and Caroline
Cutler GEd93, Amy and Dr. Dan Polster C92, Adam Sherer C92
WG96 and Dr. Risa Finkle Sherer EAS92, Dr. Evan Finkelstein
C92, Jeff Kellem C92, Tom Vandever C92 and Allison Powell
C92, and Dr. Evan Melrose C92 WG01. The honeymoon was
in St. Lucia. Any e-mails from other long-lost Penn friends are welcome
<alexhoffman@earthlink.net>.

Dr. Daniel
M. Joo C/EAS92 <danjoo@exelixis.com>
e-mails that after obtaining my Ph.D. in 1997 from UC Berkeley in biochemistry
and molecular biology, I did a one-year postdoctoral stint at UCSF.
With the cost of living in the Bay Area entering the ionospherea two-bedroom,
78-year-old house at $700KI jumped out of academia and entered bioinformatics
in the private sector to make ends meet. Other than paying my mortgage,
I am enjoying my life to the fullest with my life partner of over six
years, Stephen Rogers, another Berkeley graduate, and with our one-year-old
chihuahua, aptly named after a protein in E. coli, sigma.

Mark V.
McCray WG92 was promoted in March to executive vice president of
PIMCO, a fixed-income assets-management firm based in Newport Beach,
Calif. With the firm for just over a year, he is a portfolio manager
of municipal-bond funds. Previously he was a vice president and co-head
of municipal-bond trading with Goldman Sachs in New York.

Matthew
Soska GEd92 WG00 is vice president of the U.S. business operations,
based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., of TeleComputing, the Norwegian global
application service provider. He previously was vice president of technology
services for HostOne, a division of marchFIRST, an Internet hosting
company.

Melanie
Hirschfelder Berkowitz C93 e-mails she and my husband, Doug, are
delighted to announce the arrival of our daughter, Abigail Weiss Berkowitz,
on Feb. 26 in Chicago. Abby will be the honorary flower girl at her
aunt Beth Hirschfelders C95 marriage to Jeff Wilensky in St.
Louis in October.

Chad G.
Boonswang C93 joined the Philadelphia law firm of Montgomery, McCracken,
Walker & Rhoads, LLP in March as an associate in its litigation
department. Previously he was an associate with Margolis Edelstein,
where he focused his practice on civil litigation.

John Browett
WG93 is chief executive officer of Tesco.com, the online arm of
the large British supermarket chain. After being turned into a separate
operating company in April last year, the e-grocer business has expanded
rapidly. Already with an online presence in Ireland, he is planning
further expansion outside the U.K., to central Europe, Thailand and
Korea. Before joining Tesco as business-development director in late
1998, he worked as a merchant banker at Kleinwort Benson and with the
Boston Consulting Group.

Dr. Joshua
Fogelman C93 and his wife, Amy Fogelman, are proud to announce
the birth of their daughter, Shoshana Ruth, on Oct. 4. After graduating
from the Yale University School of Medicine, he completed his internship
in internal medicine at the Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston,
and currently is a chief resident in dermatology at the New York University
Medical Center; he will begin a fellowship in clinical laser dermatology
in July <jpfogelman@hotmail.com>.

Ruth McIlhenny
GormÈ C93 married Craig GormÈ in August; Sunny Bosco C94
was maid of honor. Ruth and Craig met in Gainesville, Fla., where she
is attending Levin College of Law at the University of Florida <ruthmg@bellsouth.net>.

Lt. Joshua
Himes C93 married Lcdr. Suzanne von Luhrte in North Canton, Ohio,
on May 27. The wedding party included several alumni: father-of-the-bride
John von Luhrte WG65, best man Brian Gault C93, groomsman
John Fruttero W93 and head usher Alex Brubaker EAS/W92;
Lt. Kevin Lynch C95 and Capt. Eric Syverson C96 were part
of the sword arch. Many other alumni attended, and much fun was had
by all. Josh and Sue currently live in Pacific Grove, Calif., and will
complete their respective masters degrees at the Naval Postgraduate
School this year; they can be reached at <JHimers@cs.com>.

Chrissy
Bass Hofbeck C93 and her husband, Keith, are happy to announce
the birth of their son, Michael, on Jan. 7. He joins big brother Andrew
(almost two). After an extended maternity leave, Chrissy will return
to work part-time as a senior consultant in the actuarial department
of PricewaterhouseCoopers/Unifi Network <christine.hofbeck@unifi.com>.

Voula
Tsoutsoplides Katsoris C93 married Nicholas C. Katsoris in New
Rochelle, N.Y., on June 4, 2000. Alumnae in the bridal party included
Allison Fink Brody C/W93 and Deanna Huffman C95. Guests
included Karen Grimm C93 GEd94, Vincent DeLorenzo C/W93, Natalie
Georgakis EAS99 and Athena Anthopoulos-Kamavas C86 GEd93.
Voula is a real estate attorney at Davis & Gilbert LLP, a Manhattan
law firm. Nick is general counsel for the Red Apple Group; his legal
thriller, Crimes of Fire, was published in December (www.crimesoffire.com).
Voula and Nick live in Manhattan.

Dr. Howard
B. Levene EAS93 is pleased to announce that this month he graduates
from a seven-year M.D./Ph.D. program at both the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New JerseyRobert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers
University. Yes, this is one of the longest school names ever; just
try to fit that on a name tag. His dissertation, Analysis of Tyrosine-Derived
Novel Synthetic Polymer Scaffold Devices for Guided Tissue Regeneration,
was awarded in October 1999 through the Department of Biomedical Engineering
at Rutgers University. Finding West Philadelphia too ritzy, he is
continuing in a seven-year residency in neurosurgery at Temple University
Hospital in exciting North Philadelphia. Drop a line to say hello at
<levene@rwja.umdnj.edu>.

Greg Schuckman
GPU93 has been appointed director of federal relations for the
University of Central Florida; he also serves as director of the universitys
Washington office, in Lorton, Va. Previously he was director of communications
and corporate relations for the Southeastern Universities Research Association.

Alice
Yang Nu93 GNu97 and Dr. Wayne Ho M97 celebrated their
marriage on July 15 with many Penn Living Water friends as witnesses.
Penn friends in the wedding party included Sue Yu W93, Joseph Chang
EAS/W93 WG99, best man and big brother Willy Ho EE90 WG95
and twin brother Dr. Warren Ho M96. Alice and Wayne continue
to call Philadelphia home, where she works as a nurse epidemiologist
for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and he is completing
his last year of pediatric residency with DuPont/Jefferson. We look
forward to being in touch with friends from our Penn days: Alice at
<alice_y_ho@hotmail.com>
and Wayne at <who4kids@hotmail.com>.

Jennifer
A. Brandt L94 is an associate in the Philadelphia office of the
law firm of Cozen & OConnor, who concentrates her practice on family
law. She was elected in February to the executive committee of the family-law
section of the Philadelphia Bar Association.; she already co-chairs
the sections membership committee and was a recent editor of its newsletter.

Rosa Sochin
Ko C94 e-mails, After leaving Philly in 1994 with an Econ. degree
and premed, I went to Texas A&M with a Regent scholarship for a
graduate degree in finance; got a Mitsui scholarship to Beijing University
in China, and then went to Harvard University on a Yenching grant. By
bypassing some wonderful academic opportunities, I am in D.C. working
at the Pentagon for the Department of Defense, on budget policies, acquisition
and cost analysis. I havent had a chance to meet any Penn people, while
being busy working for the government and the archdiocese. P.S. Not
married yet. With many thanks to the Gazette for keeping in touch.
Rosa from the capital.

Dr. Eric
J. Schwartz C94 <ericjschwartz@yahoo.com>
would like to apologize to all true Penn fans as I have recently married
the enemy: on Nov. 11, I married Dr. Robin Wisch, a Princeton grad.
Attending were Greg Shangold C94, Ethan Youderian W94, Doug Baumstein
C94, Dr. Jon Reidel C94 and Tamara Sloan Rice C94. The
consolation is that Robins father is Dr. Robert D. Wisch D67.
I am currently in the third year of my urologic-surgery residency at
the University of Connecticut; and Robin is in the third year of her
residency in pediatrics at Yale.

Jonelle
St. John WG94 was appointed in February to the board of Motient
Corp., which owns and operates a satellite network to provide mobile
and Internet services principally to business-to-business customers.
Recently she was CFO for Worldcom International in London.

Kevin
D. Allen W95 co-founded with his brother, Eric (who has suffered
from leukemia since a teenager), New World Science and Technology (www.nwsti.com),
a bioinformatics company which developed the CellTek Simulation System,
a predictive tool to improve the drug-discovery process.

David
B. Carlson GLA95 in February joined the Santa Fe office of the
Design Workshop; he focuses on ecological design. Previously he was
with the Hillier Group of Princeton, N.J.

Peter
Ellman C95 and Dr. Olivia Johnson C94 M99 will marry this
Memorial Day weekend on the island of Jamaica. They met at Penn in 1993,
but did not start dating until last year, when she moved to New York
to do her residency in internal medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital. He expects
to receive his MBA from NYUs Stern School of Business in June 2002.
He also works full-time for Other Press, a publisher of books on psychotherapy,
cultural studies and gender studies, which is close to launching an
online bookselling Web site, (otherbooks.com).
He can be reached at <pellman174@yahoo.com>.

David
C Hinman WG95 was promoted in March to an executive vice president
of PIMCO, a fixed-income assets management firm based in Newport Beach,
Calif. He focuses on high-yield corporate bonds and structured-credit
products.

Ted Kartzman
C95 e-mails, For three years, I have been toiling away building
a music-promotions company on the Internet, called JamBase (www.jambase.com).
We provide tour dates and information for 3,000 improvisational bands
worldwide. We also operate as a music-marketing company, working for
bands, promoters, venues, record labels and music festivals to help
increase attendance at events.

Lt. Patrick
Songsanand EAS/W95 recently completed my second deployment onboard
the USS Abraham Lincoln to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf,
supporting Operation Southern Watch over Iraq. I am assigned to the
Black Eagles of VAW-113, and will soon transfer to the U.K. as an
exchange officer flying E-3D AWACS with the Royal Air Force.

Leah Loebl
L95 and Michael Rogal L94 are pleased to announce the birth
of their son, Max Jaime, on Dec. 11. He is a senior counsel at the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, and she practices immigration law
with Bander, Fox-Isicoff & Associates in Miami.

Lt. Michael
W. Bentley Nu96 announces the birth of his son, Trevor Douglas,
on Oct. 1. Additionally I am on active duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.,
enrolled in the U.S. Army graduate program in nursing anesthesia. Feel
free to contact me at <quaker1996@yahoo.com>.

Brad E.
Coren C96 joined the Miami law firm of Bernstein and Maryanoff,
P.A., in February; he concentrates his practice on personal-injury,
medical-malpractice and products-liability law.

Jennifer
Gillary C96 and Justin Segal C93 got engaged last fall
on a trip to Paris. They live in San Francisco, where he is the co-founder
of a start-up company and she, a Duke medical student, is doing cancer
research at UCSF.

Johanna
Swift Hart Nu96 GNu98 and her husband, Kyle, had a baby girl,
Seneca, on Dec. 7, 1999. Seneca is not only good-looking, but shes
smart too.

Marie
Hurabiell L96 joined San Franciscos Red Herring Communications,
Inc., in January as its first corporate counsel. The company publishes
Red Herring, a monthly magazine focusing on technology issues
and trends, and distributes the Catch of the Day newsletter.
Previously she was an associate at the San Francisco office of New Yorks
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

George
Hykal EAS96 has joined the New York office of the international
law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. as an associate in its intellectual-property
and technology department.

Jason
Chou Liu WG96 in January was named chief executive officer of Callisto
Software; based in Wheaton, Ill., it provides corporations with systems-management
software for laptops and handhelds. Previously he was senior vice president
of corporate services and chief financial officer at Ravisent Technologies.

Pyotr
Panov WG96 in February was appointed director for business development
and strategies at International Business Systems, based in Moscow. Previously
he coordinated business development in Eastern Europe for Qualcomm.

Mika Rao
C96 married Dr. Vish Kalapatapu at the Birchwood Manor in Whippanny,
N.J., on Aug. 11. Besides her mom, Dr. Anu Rao SW78 G95 Gr96,
other alumni on hand to celebrate the event included Raj Mehta C94
and Manisha Juthani-Mehta C94, Sapna Shah Parikh W95, Ahalya Nava-Majmudar
C94, Harsha Krishnappa W94, Manish Mittal W94 and Ritu Sahai
Mittal C97, Sameer Chawla C94, Radha Mehta Badani W96, Meera Bajwa
C96, Nehal Patel C/W95 and Maalika Rastogi W96. Other
members of the Penn extended family present included Ellie DiLapi
SW77 and Gloria Gay SW80 of the Penn Womens Center, Dr.
Louise P. Shoemaker GrS65 and Rajiv Shah. Mika and Vish now live
in Savannah, Ga., where he is in medical residency and she continues
her work in consulting, currently working as the public-relations specialist
for the Lifelink Foundation, a national organ-donor awareness and procurement
organization, and her non-profit group, Project Impact (www.project-impact.org).

Dr. Alison
Dietrich M97, a Philadelphia physician, appeared in the recent
hit television series, Temptation Island, as a temptress.

Dr. Linda
Bone Jeng Gr98 M98 and Dr. Bennie H. Jeng M98 announce
the birth of their first child, a daughter, Cassie An Jeng, on Nov.
8. Linda is in her third year of five in a combined pediatrics and genetics
residency at Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital and Case Western
Reserve University. Bennie is in his third year of an ophthalmology
residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Lindsay
Gray C98 and Mark Landman EAS98 got engaged in December,
and will marry in October. She owns and operates a boutique public-relations
firm and he is an independent computer programmer currently contracting
at Merrill Lynch. They live and work in New York. Friends can contact
them at <lindsay@mediasmarts.com>
and <marklandman@yahoo.com.

Angela
Nissel C98 is happy to report that my first book, The Broke
Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl
Gone Broke, was published by Villard (a division of Random House)
in April. The book details some of the semi-legal or just plain embarrassing
activities I engaged in to make it through my last year at Penn. The
sitcom and screenplay are in development and I am relocating to Los
Angeles in the spring. I still hold my day job as co-founder and manager
of okayplayer.com. I can be reached at <angie@okayplayer.com>.

Catherine
Verdi C98 and her husband, Shawn Gorman, are pleased to announce
the birth of their first daughter, Annabel Grace, on Dec. 29 <catverdi@yahoo.com>.

Lt. Phoebe
S. Choi C99 <pchoi@mccain.navy.mil>
writes that I have sailed to the following places between October and
November: Guam, Hong Kong, Chinhae (Korea), Okinawa and Fukuoka (Japan).
In Chinhae, several South Korean navy personnel embarked on my ship
for a week-long, joint military exercise. I grew up speaking Korean,
and that proved to be fortunate, as I suddenly found myself translating,
to the best of my ability, for the two navies. I was also translating
during search-and-rescue efforts following the crash of a Korean Air
Force F-14 at the end of the joint exercise; unfortunately there were
no survivors. Afterwards my ship pulled into Fukuoka for some much-needed
rest. I had the chance to meet the sumo wrestler, Akebano, and watch
his team practice: he is very amiable, and was taken aback when I said
Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas in Hawaiian); I guess he did
not hear that too often in Japan. After Fukuoka my ship participated
in another week-long exercise with the Japanese Maritime Defense Force.
At the end of six weeks out at sea, we finally pulled back into homeport,
Yokosuka, just in time for Thanksgiving. I drove the ship into the pier
as the conning officer, with the captain and harbor pilot by my side
to guide me: driving a ship is incredibly thrilling. Since Thanksgiving
I have shot M-14 rifles and 9mm pistols, been stranded for 4.5 hours
in the middle of nowhere on the wrong train, and gone to Guam for Christmas
on a noisy C-130. In a few weeks [from January], my ship will be going
back out to sea for another one and a half months.

Joseph
Scott McArdle WEv99, a sales representative with Weichert Realtors
on the Main Line outside Philadelphia, was elected last year to the
board of Angel Flight East. Based in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., it is a
non-profit organization of volunteer pilots that provides free transportation
on private aircraft for medically and financially needy children and
adults throughout the Northeast (www.angelflighteast.org).
Joseph, who was instrumental in the first major media campaign for the
organization, holds several licenses in aviation and is learning to
be a balloonist.

John F.
Pullo GEng99 was recently appointed vice president and general
manager of the performance-materials business unit at Gentex Corporation,
based in Carbondale, Pa. (www.gentexcorp.com).
He is responsible for the development and manufacture of a number of
technically advanced materials, including thermal protective textiles,
chemical and biological protective materials, and materials for light
management and photonics applications.

Joel Telpner
WG99 was promoted in February to vice president and chief legal
counsel of the Koch Ventures Group, the venture-capital and risk-financing
arm of Koch Industries, Inc., based in Wichita, Kan. Joining the firm
in 1999, he was a managing director in charge of developing and implementing
underwriting standards.

2000s

Steve
G. Vogel WG00 is senior vice president
of finance and chief financial officer of Chordiant Software, Inc.,
based in Cupertino, Calif. Previously he was chief financial officer
for Tessera, Inc.u